InternetBusinessAdvisors.net
Privacy Policy

Updated: February 1, 2008

InternetBusinessAdvisors.net understands the importance of online privacy. The following Policy outlines how we do business, what information we collect and how, under what circumstances the information is shared with third parties, and your options to control what communications you receive from us and from our marketing partners. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Information We Collect And How It Is Used
In order to participate in this promotion, you must first complete the registration information requested. We ask for an email address so that we may contact you if necessary and we ask for a mailing address so we know where to ship the products that you have chosen pertaining to our special offers.

Registering for this promotion automatically subscribes you to the InternetBusinessAdvisors.net newsletter, a periodic email communicating various offers that we think you might like based on the registration information you provided, and any offers that you selected in this promotion. Users may unsubscribe from this newsletter an any time by clicking on the automated link provided at the end of the email.
We request a limited amount of personally identifiable information from users who participate in the promotions on this site. This information includes, but is not limited to the following:

• email address
• name
• address, city, state, zip
• phone number

We use this information to communicate with you about the status of your premium and/or any offers you have selected from our sponsoring companies. We request your address and phone number for shipping purposes.

We use information provided by our users to enhance their experience on this and similar Web sites. We also use the information provided voluntarily to send out electronic mailings for offers that we think will be of interest to you. At all times, Users have the option to unsubscribe from such mailings by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided on each mailing.

We create internal reports on user demographics and traffic patterns to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and promotions, and to report results to our marketing partners. We do not use any personally identifiable information to compile these reports.

The cost of your cash or gift certificate redemption is absorbed by the sponsoring companies featured on this site. Users who opt-in to the offerings from these companies are also electing to receive additional information from these companies. The companies may request additional demographic and/or personally identifiable information for their use in subsequent marketing and promotion activities.

How We Collect Information

The Company gathers information in the following ways:

Cookies
A cookie is a small text file stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. The Company uses cookies only to enable users to be routed properly through our site. We also provide links to external advertisers and marketing Partner companies; these sites may choose to use cookies to better promote their products and services. These advertisers and marketing partner companies have their own privacy procedures and policies that are not controlled by the Company.

We encourage our users to be aware of the individual privacy policies of every Web site that the user contacts.

Clear Gif's (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
The Company may also use a software technology called clear gif's (Web Beacons or Web Bugs), that help us determine what content on our site is most effective. Clear gif's are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. We do not tie the information gathered by clear gif's to our customers’ personally identifiable information.

We also use clear gif's in our HTML-based emails so that we know which emails have been opened. We use this information to monitor the effectiveness of our email campaigns and to validate our results to our marketing partners.

Log Files
Log files are also used to track and monitor traffic patterns on our site. They are not used to track or monitor personally identifiable information.

Tell-A-Friend
Users may forward the email address of another person who may also be interested in this particular offer. The information is used only to forward the information to that person and is not retained for any other purpose.

User Feedback/Inquiries
Users may contact the Company with any feedback, questions or comments. The Company uses contact information only to respond to the feedback.

Other Circumstances
Subsequent to this promotion, the Company may sponsor sweepstakes, contests or other events for which we need to collect and retain personally identifiable information. The Company may co-sponsor such events with other companies.

Information We Share
This Privacy Policy applies to consumers that have signed up on the InternetBusinessAdvisors.net website. We may sell, brand or share your personal information that you supply to us with other 3rd party businesses so they can bring selected retail opportunities via direct mail, e-mail or telemarketing.These businesses may include providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation and email marketing. The Company collects minimal demographic and personally identifiable information from many users. This information is aggregated and analyzed to help us tailor future offers and to help our marketing partners and advertising agencies understand the demographics of our customers in order to evaluate the potential effectiveness and profitability of doing business with us. Part of our business model involves sharing personally identifiable information, such as name and address, with third-party marketing concerns. While the Company cannot control the practices of our advertisers and third-party marketers, we endeavor at all times to do business with reputable partners who also follow a best practices model regarding your privacy.

All information provided to the Company by the users of this site may be used to support our suppression, validation and enhancement services to other marketing companies, advertising agencies, compilers and data companies.

As an example, opt-out information may be shared with other marketing partners so that those users opting out of further offers are suppressed from the partner’s mailings or promotions, as well as our own. In addition to complying with our users’ preferences, it simply makes good business sense to mail only to those customers who have indicated a desire to receive such mailings.

The Company’s business model includes participating in affiliate network programs and other co-marketing partnerships to promote our site. We reserve the right to share with 3rd parties the information we collect on this site for any purpose.

Use of Information

This Privacy Policy applies to consumers that have signed up on the InternetBusinessAdvisors.net website, and or have submitted their email address through our affiliate network program and other co-marketing partnerships to promote our site. We may use the personal information that you supply to us and work with other third party businesses to bring selected retail opportunities to our members via direct mail, email and telemarketing. These businesses may include providers of direct marketing services and applications, including lookup and reference, data enhancement, suppression and validation and email marketing.

Delete/Deactivate Policy
Users at any time may unsubscribe to our electronic mailings by following the instructions that we include at the end of every mailing. To correct, update or request that we delete information you provided, please contact us via email, or by writing
Internet Business Advisors, Inc.
980 9th Street, 16th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing us at support@InternetBusinessAdvisors.net
 

Notification Of Changes To Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post these policy changes to our Web site to notify you and provide you with the opportunity to opt out of these new uses. if you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

General Security Policy
The Company endeavors at all times to meet and exceed standards of online privacy protection. When you submit information, your information is protected both on-line and off-line in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and industry standards. For example, without limitation, the company uses a full-time Network Administrator, SSL servers, pgp and 128-bit encryption to protect the confidentiality of the information you provide.

For additional information or specific questions, please contact us.

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